Members Only!
Yeah, it was a thing. For a while in the early 80's, people actually wore a hideous jacket that claimed to be for "Members Only". Well the joke was on them. No one really wanted to be caught wearing this un-exclusive fashion misstep but there they were....wearing the ridiculous things.
For no reason that anyone can explain, these became popular. I never had one (and thank the 80's Gods for that) but for a few years, they were everywhere. A bit of research tells the tale of them being developed by a company called JR Apparel World in 1975 and brought to America by a company called Europe Craft Imports in 1980 (both deserve equal billing for this act of fashion hate perpetrated against humanity) . The jackets came in many colors and could be purchased in leather or some kind of rip-stop fabric. They had epaulettes (I guess in the unlikely event you needed to be pulled from your burning Pontiac Fiero) and they were uncool.
This guy wore one back then....
....and he wasn't cool....
Now this guy wears one....
....I think I've proved my point when I say...
What Were We Thinking?????
No comments:
Post a Comment